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succeed collapse: be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"; attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

qualify collapse: make more specific; "qualify these remarks"; make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"; describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"; pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections"; prove capable or fit; meet requirements

unionize collapse: form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize"; recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"

federalize collapse: put under the control and authority of a federal government

abdicate collapse: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

abstain collapse: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"; refrain from voting

signify collapse: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"; make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

espouse collapse: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

stand out collapse: be stubborn in resolution or resistance; steer away from shore, of ships

bet on collapse: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

put in collapse: make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF"; devote (time, effort, etc.) to a task; "He put in three hours every day at the hospital"

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

get across collapse: communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"

see collapse: the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located; be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"; deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"; deliberate or decide; "See whether you can come tomorrow"; "let's see--which movie should we see tonight?"; match or meet; "I saw the bet of one of my fellow players"; receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"; accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door"; perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see"; see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first learn to see"; observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it"; go to see for professional or business reasons; "You should see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist"; go to see for a social visit; "I went to see my friend Mary the other day"

get up collapse: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"; cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

forearm collapse: the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist; arm in advance of a confrontation

police collapse: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"

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